The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-16
explanation. that tho editor In question came
from Boston. with local reputation for great
intellectual briliancy.
MINOR MENTION.

THE tragic end of the young man in Louisville
who was smitten with death while kissing his
sweetheart good night should be warning to
others of his class. The dispatch says that in
the act of kissing The experienced choking SEN
sation in his throat. swooned and fell to the
floor" He never rallied. It can hardly be pos
sble that single kiss. however emotional,
would produce such result. It is moro likely
that the young man had been engaged in the act
for some time, and as persons in the bath or
gymnasium sometimes do was led on by degrees
until ne unconsciously overdid it. The exercise
of kissing is moro exhaustive than most persons
imagine, and at the same time. is very seductive
and misleading. The choking sensation in the
throat may always be regarded as an alarming
symptom, premonitory warning that the dan
ger-point has been reached, if not passed. In
the Louisville case the fact that the young lady
suffered no Ill effects, while the young man
died, is but another evidence of the superior en-
durance of what is sometimes called the weaker
SEX
Mr.. GEORGE PARSONS LATHRoP is telling
young men how to become journalists, and,
among other advice. tells than to learn first to
write English. 81 mean" he says ssplain, quick
Saxon, sturdy and 1.-the as q sapling." If Mr..
Lathrop will kindly explain his own "quick
Saxon" and give to wondering public sample
of language that is 'ithe as sapling," aspiring
journalists will possibly understand better what
to do. Budding newspaper men before now,
however, it is only just to the rising youth to
say. have had their specimens of 1.-the, far too
1.-the. English wither away in the frosty re-
cesses of the managing editors waste basket
1t will be we'll, perhaps, not to follow Mr..
Lathr ops advice too closely.
THE Central Park Commissioners of New
York are compelled to use strict economy in
their current expenditures. A largs item of ex-
peuse has been fresh meat for the animals in the
| menagerie short time since it was decided to
try horse meat, aud to the delight Of the COM
mssioners, the experiments has proved satisfac-
| tory. Thus far ninety-six old horses have been
killed, and the cost Of the meat, including the
butchers pay, has been but two cents pound.
| When bought old horses cost about So each, and
| the hides sell for So 90 In Paris horse meat il
a regular article of food among the poor, and
| there are localized markets where no other kind
| of meat is Sold
| HENRY WARD BEEcHER told the Boston
theological students that his father, Lyman
Beecher, felt that he knew God SO we'll that
| when he came to Gle the affairs of the universe
would not be carried on we'll as under his ad
vice. This may be very humorous. but if one
| of Henry Wards sons should make the same re
mark about his father it would be rated as ar
unfliai speech and in very bad taste. However
| Lyman is dead and can't help himself, which
seems to make difference.
AMERICAN ingenuity is equal to any emer
gency. To meet the difficulty of ladies' high hats
at the theatre two remedies are proposed. On,
is to insert large transparent lenses in front ant
rear of the hat so that person sitting behint
| can look through, and another is to have the ha
constructed with folding joints or hinges so tina
| it can be lowered like the smoke stack Of
steamer passing under a bridge. 1t is probabl
too late to get these fashions out for tho presen
season.
COMPETITION has made gas cheap over in St
Louis. At present it is furnished atone dollar
| thousand feet, and to large consumers at eighty
five cents, with prospect that it will 60 dow
| to twenty-five Chicago has had dollar gas TO
some years, and there is no reason to suppos
that the companies furnishing It at this rat
have lost money. In Indianapolis gas is ST. 80
thousand, with the bills as high as when it wa
So, with few odd cents over.
A NEW entertainment to be tried by Philadel
phia ladies is "mens tea" Several gentlemen
will assist the hostess to receive, and as man
men will be among the guests as can be pre-
vailed upon to attend between the hours fixed
1t Is to be presumed that there will be no troubl
in securing attendance if the entertainers vii
remember that many men take their 'stea" wit
water and sugar. 'no cream. if you please" an
that they prefer It cold.
In divorce proceedings between a couple i
) Newport thigh life the wife charges that he
husband was 'either drunk or intoxicated
every day, and explained the difference by SAY
ing that when he was intoxicated he would b
cross, and when he was drunk he would go t
sleep. According to this definition it is plainl
desirable from a domestic point of view tina
whom man drinks he should get drunk
A PHILADELPHIA PAPER tries to draw comfol
from the fact that, in these chilly days when til
, price of coal is rising, an abundant supply {
ice is forming for use next summer It is col
comfort, and will not last over to next Jul,
when the price of ice goes up during s'ht
spell" just the same as if there was q scarct,
BROOKLYN paper urges that the surplus i
the Treasury be utilized by furnishing FIRE
postal service to the country It is not to be il
ferred from this that the Brooklyn papers circ1
lation, and consequently its postage bills. 81
large, but it is not unreasonable to suppose the
are quite large enough to worry it.
, On tho ground that she is so extremely vol
bic, a Chicago woman is charged with being il
sane and her relatives are trying to shut her I
in any asylum II volubility is to be held as